Indian-Ocean: INDONESIA - IOM is handling land transport of relief supplies coming into the country
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IOM is handling land transport of relief supplies in INDONESIA - SUMATRA
- IOM is accepting any other NGOs / agencies wishing to join their convoys from Jakarta to Medan, Medan to Banda Aceh, Medan to Meulaboh. However, the convoy passage does not include end-point warehousing (IOM's warehousing is limited) and hence agencies must make arrangements for all consignments upon arrival.
- IOM is coordinating the overland truck convoys (trucks total 262)on the following routes:
- JAKARTA - BANDA ACEH
- MEDAN - BANDA ACEH
- MEDAN - MEULABOH
- MEDAN - LHOKSEUMAWE-BIREUN
- MEDAN - NIAS
- 110 trucks are operating in and around BANDA ACEH
Other delivery routes include: Medan-Biruen, Medan-Nias and Medan-Lhokseumwe.
It has been requested that donors, agencies and NGOs ensure that air assets are used of essential items and routine items are sent through, for example, the IOM land convoys and sea routes.
Road assessment and status
Look out for the Roads status in the Infrastructure/Roads area on this website.
Road description:
Hours (segment)
Hours (total)
km (total)
Place
Road
Mobile
Comments
Segment 1 - Medan to Sidikalang - no route restrictions
Medan
45.00
0.8
0.8
12
Pancur Batu
Good
Yes
55.00
0.9
1.7
39
Sibolangit
Good
Yes
53.00
0.9
2.6
57
Brastagi
Average
Poor
14.00
0.2
2.8
67
Kabanjahe
Average
Poor
1
13.00
1.2
4.0
104
Dairi
Average
Yes
4 MT bridge bypassed on dirt road.
41.00
0.7
4.7
127
Sumbal
Average
Yes
31.00
0.5
5.2
139
Sidikalang
Average
Yes
Stopover point, restaurants, gas station, small hotels, district military command
5.2
Segment 2 - Sidikalang to Tapak tuan - security awareness required, steep inclines
1
34.00
1.6
6.8
190
Sumut – Aceh border
Good
No
From border to Blangpidie military postd every 2 to 5 kilometers
31.00
0.5
7.3
205
Subullussalam
Good
No
Stopover point, restaurants, gas station, district military command
2
12.00
2.2
9.5
280
Trumon Timur
Good
No
Danger zone, avoiding driving at night.
1
42.00
1.7
11.2
302
Bakongan
Good
No
Danger zone, avoiding driving at night.
1
21.00
1.4
12.5
361
Tapak Tuan
Good
Yes
Stopover point, restaurants, gas station, safe
7.3
Segment 3 - Tapak tuan to Meulaboh - security awareness required, bridge restrictions
1
50.00
1.8
14.4
442
Blangpidie
Good
Yes
1
21.00
1.4
15.7
502
Alu Bilie
Good
No
3
15.00
3.3
19.0
637
Meulaboh
Average
No
(source Bpk Salim & Wage IOM Medan as at 25/01/05)
Check out the Medan-Meulaboh assessment done by IOM on January 8-11, 2005 (see attached)
Land Transport Request Form (see attached)
In IOM best effort to provide service to the humanitarian aid community, herewith is a new improved version of "IOM TERP Land request form". Use this form for material to be sent to Aceh province from Medan or Jakarta.
This form (in XLS or PDf format, see attached) shall be completed with all relevant information concerning shipper, consignee, address, and contact details. Completed forms can be sent via fax or e-mail:
Jakarta: Fax: (021) 3983 0990
Email: trahardjo@iom.int , aputranto@iom.int , jyo@iom.int
